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How to Win Shaco vs Jinx Counter MatchupShaco is in the a tier of champions

Shaco vs Jinx

How to Beat Jinx as Shaco in LoLShaco is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Jinx as Shaco

based on 7,092 Shaco vs Jinx matchups
Win Rate
49.3 %
K/D/A
2.49
Pick Rate
5.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds each week. In our dataset, Shaco fought Jinx 7092 times. With so many games with Shaco vs Jinx gives us a lot of confidence in our capacity to prepare enlightening stats and a supported build to defeat your foe. This particular counter pairing is somewhat uncommon. Shaco has to counter Jinx in only 5.2% of his rounds.

Shaco vs Jinx Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Shaco does a poor job of beating Jinx. Normally, he wins a acceptable 49.3% of the time the champs clash against one another in. In Shaco vs Jinx rounds, Shaco’s team is 0.1% more probable to get first blood, indicating that he probably will be able to get first blood against Jinx.

Best Shaco vs Jinx Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Shaco Items

~22 Mins
Zaz'Zak's RealmspikeShadowflameLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Cosmic DriveMalignanceBlade of The Ruined KingMorellonomicon

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Shaco to level upw
>
Second ability for Shaco to level upe
>
Last skill for Shaco to max outq

Runes

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceArmor
Shaco's passive ability p
Shaco's q ability q
Shaco's w ability w
Shaco's e ability e
Shaco's ultimate ability r
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W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
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W
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E
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E
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Guide to Countering Jinx as Shaco

Tips for Playing as Shaco against Jinx

Using Deceive over terrain can help you make a clean escape.

Try getting items with on-hit effects. These will also benefit your Hallucination clone.

Backstab's damage can be increased with increased Critical Damage effects like Infinity Edge.

Advice to Win Against Jinx

Jinx's ultimate does less damage the closer you are to her.

Jinx's minigun takes time to ramp up. If you see her poking with rockets try to jump on her and burst her down.

Jinx's snare grenades have a long cooldown and are her primary means of protecting herself. If she misses with them she will have a hard time escaping if engaged upon.

Shaco vs Jinx Counter Stats

Shaco Image
Win Rate
49.3 %
VS
Win Rate
50.7 %
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7.1
< Kills >
7.1
6.1
< Deaths >
6.7
8.1
< Assists >
7
1.67
< Killing Sprees >
1.66
35
< Minions Killed >
179
1.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.26
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.53
7,380
< Physical Damage >
19,296
9,718
< Magic Damage >
1,035
1,588
< True Damage >
393
18,688
< Damage Dealt >
20,725
25,978
< Damage Taken >
21,259
11,343
< Gold Earned >
12,432
1.12
< Towers >
2.46
0.22
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
9,014
< Total Healing >
5,399
13,043
< Experience >
13,002
30
< Vision Score >
18
10
< Wards Placed >
9
603
< Time Dealing CC >
95

How to Counter Jinx with Shaco in LoL

The stats shown here show several significant Shaco vs. Jinx matchup statistics that can help you explain the distinctions between the two. Shaco’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jinx’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Shaco may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Jinx..

Shaco usually has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. On average, he takes more damage than Jinx. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Shaco and Jinx

Damage Types Compared

Shaco
Jinx
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Shaco
Jinx

Who is Better, Shaco or Jinx?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Shaco usually fairs equally well when facing off against Jinx, with a 49.3% win rate. Thus, Shaco makes an ok counter to Jinx.

While Shaco does have a lower win rate compared to Jinx, when on opposite teams, Shaco also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Shaco into Jinxas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Shaco has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jinx. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Shaco vs Jinx matchups, Jinx is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Shaco is a somewhat poor counter for Jinx. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Shaco against Jinx.

Other Champion Matchups Against Shaco

Shaco Loses Against

NilahNilah44.2% winrateLilliaLillia45.5% winrateBriarBriar45.7% winrateZyraZyra46.1% winrate

Shaco Wins Against

YuumiYuumi55.5% winrateNidaleeNidalee54.6% winrateZeriZeri54.1% winrateZoeZoe54.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Shaco Players

How We Calculated Our Shaco vs Jinx Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Jinx as Shaco, we analyzed 7,092 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Jinx as Shaco comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Shaco Build Jinx Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Shaco in order to counter Jinx during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Shaco typically picks up a lot less CS compared to Jinx. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Shaco versus Jinx build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Shadowflame, and Liandry's Torment. When Shaco included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Jinx than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Shaco had an average winrate of 49.3% battling Jinx with these items in his kit.

To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Jinx as Shaco, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Shaco vs Jinx battles, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.3% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Jinx as Shaco are shown for all ranked divisions. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.